Hame-tug



(Ilo Model.) lL. R. WEBSTER.

RAME TUG.

No. 413,694. Patented oet. 29. 1889.

y UNITED lSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEDRU R. WEBSTER, OF HOLLY, MICHIGAN.

HAME-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,694, dated October 29, 1889.

Application ned July 1,1889. sesamo. sitaae. (remodel.)

`T all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, LEDEU R. WEBSTER, a

l citizen of the United States, residing at Holly,

proved haine-tug.

in the county of Oakland and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hame-Tugs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hame-tugs; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction of the various parts, whereby the article is proy duced economically, without stitching or the use of leather, while it is at the same time lighter,stronger, and as serviceable for use as the more expensive constructions in present use, all as more fully hereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my im- Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-section l thereof on line in Fig. 1.

My improved hame-tug consists of the sections A and B, hinged together. Y The front section or loop A is constructed of leather in the usual manner and provided with thehame-clip C, secured by a rivet D to the body of the loop. The section B consists of a strong bar ot" wood E, substantially of rectangular cross-section, as shown in Fig. 3. Into the face of this bar a channel F is sunk of sufficient depth to receive the metal strap G, which has beveled .edgesV G', andl extends the whole length of the bar around the ends, where it forms the eyes H and H and some distance on the back, where it is also sunk into the bar. This strap is firmly secured to the bar E by means of rivets I, and a lining J, preferably of leather, is secured into each eye of the strap, the wooden bar being suitably cut away at the ends to form the tongues K, which extend between the lining into the eyes, and thereby hold the lining in place. Into the face of the bar are cut' suitable notches to receive the cross-bars of the loops L, which are held in place by the metal strap.

The section A is hinged to the section B by means of a link or loop M, one cross-bar of which engages into the eye N, formed in the section A, and .the other cross-bar into .the eye H of the section B. To the eye l-I on the rear end of the bar a suitable tracebuckle N is secured. If desired, cross-rivets O may be secured transversely to the bar E to prevent 'the woodfrom splitting. AIn practice, the parts being constructed and arranged as shown and described, they are iutended to be used in the Well-known manner to connect the forward end of the traces to the loops.

The ends of the traces are in the usual manner adjustably secured to the tracebuckle N', (of which the part carried by the traces is not shown,) and the free end of thev trace is engaged into the loops L. The hameclip C is engaged to the usual. tug-hook on 'the haines.

It will be seen that my device is constructed with a minimum of leather without 'impairing the appearance, the lat-ter being obtained by painting or finishing the bar E in imitation of leather. At the same time the durability, increased strength, lightness, and cheapness o f my construction are decided advantages.

What I claim as my in vention is- A hame-tug composed of a front section or loop providedwith a hame-clip and a rear section hinged thereto at the front end and provided at the rear end with a suitable trace-buckle, said rear section comprising a bar of wood, a metallic strap sunk into the bar and bent around the ends thereof to form eyes for engaging the 'front end with the cross-bar of a link which hinges itto the front section and for engaging the shank of the trace-buckle at the rear end, rivets securing the metallic strap to the bar, loops secured in notches of the bar by the metallic strap, and a lining in each eye of said strap,

all substantially as described.

In testimonywhereof I aix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 8th day of May, 1889.

LEDRU R. WEBSTER.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. GEEGG, P. M. HULBEET. 

